Inhibition of Fructolysis in Boar Spermatozoa by the Male Antifertility Agent (S)-a-Chlorohydrin

Abstract

The (S)-isomer of the male antifertility agent IX-chlorohydrin strongly inhibited the oxidative metabolism of fructose by boar spermatozoa in vitro. The result of this action, which has been deduced to be an inhibition of glyceraldehydephosphate dehydrogenase, caused an accumulation of fructose- 1,6-bisphosphate and the triosephosphates, and a decrease in substrate-level phosphorylation with a concomitant lowering of the energy charge potential of the spermatozoa. The (R)-isomer of IX-chlorohydrin had no inhibitory activity on fructolysis.